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August 25, 2010
(Red Deer, Alberta) – Owners of unregistered secondary suites are reminded the September 1 deadline is a week away and they need to get their applications in to avoid fines and closures of illegal suites. City Council extended the secondary suites application deadline to September 1 at the July 26 Council meeting, to provide owners of secondary suites more time to get their Development Permit applications into the Inspections & Licensing department.
"Our intention was to give owners of secondary suites more time to get their Development Permit applications in,” said Joyce Boon, Manager of Inspections & Licensing. “However, after September 1 deadline has passed, owners of existing suites will not have the opportunity to apply and we will begin the process of shutting down illegal suites.”
Once the September 1 deadline passes, The City will be enforcing the Bylaw for suites that are illegal. If a secondary suite is occupied without a valid permit, the fines are as follows:
- First Offence $ 500
- Second Offence $1000
- Third Offence $5000
Once a violation ticket, summons or stop order has been issued, and the suite continues to be occupied 30 days after the date of violation, the owner is guilty of a continuing offence.
All secondary suite owners are encouraged to get their applications in throughout the next week.
For further information, please visit our website at: www.reddeer.ca.
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For more information, please contact:
Beth McLachlan
Inspections & Licensing
The City of Red Deer
403-342-8208
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